White Gold Corp. (TSX.V: WGO, OTCQX: WHGOF, FRA:
29W) (the "Company") is pleased to report assay results
for its recently completed diamond drilling program on the Ryan’s
Surprise target and northernmost part of the Ulli’s Ridge target
located approximately 2 km west of its flagship Golden Saddle and
Arc deposits and 11 km south of the Company’s VG deposit. The
Golden Saddle and Arc deposits have a combined mineral resource of
1,139,900 ounces Indicated at 2.28 g/t Au and 402,100 ounces
Inferred at 1.39 g/t Au(1) and the VG deposit hosts a historic
Inferred gold resource of 230,000 ounces at 1.65g/t Au(2). The
drilling forms part of the Company’s fully funded 2021 exploration
program backed by partners Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM,
NYSE: AEM) and Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) on its
extensive 420,000 hectare land package in the emerging White Gold
District, Yukon.
The Ryan's Surprise and Ulli’s Ridge targets are
situated on a 6.5 km long x 1.0 km wide, north-south trend of
anomalous gold and arsenic in soils, which extends from the Ulli’s
Ridge target in the south to the Teacher’s showing in the north
(Figure 1). The Ryan’s Surprise target has been a focus of diamond
drilling over the past two field seasons, and this year’s drilling
has expanded southwards to the Ulli’s Ridge target. The goal of
these drill programs is to identify new zones of gold
mineralization with the potential to increase the project’s overall
gold resource base.
Highlights Include:
- Drilling at Ryan’s Surprise has now encountered gold
mineralization over an area measuring approximately 400m E-W by
400m N-S, and to a vertical depth of 450m and remains open along
strike to the west and downdip
- 2021 drilling tested mineralized zones an additional 150m along
strike to the west and 100m downdip
- All holes intersected gold mineralization with significant
mineralization including:
- WHTRS21D026: 10.36 g/t over 3.25m, 2.07 g/t Au
over 3.40m and 2.09 g/t Au over 5.05m
- WHTRS21D020: 3.66 g/t Au over 6.00m and 1.66
g/t Au over 25.50m
- WHTRS21D019: 1.88 g/t Au over 15.00m and 1.57
g/t Au over 4.90m
- WHTRS21D021: 1.84 g/t Au over 6.50m, 3.35 g/t
Au over 6.05m, 1.38 g/t Au over 7.78m and 2.14 g/t Au over
5.85m
- WHTRS21D024: 0.48 g/t Au over 43.75m
- WHTRS21D023: 2.58 g/t Au over 6.65m
- Gold mineralization is structurally controlled and has been
preliminarily interpreted as multiple mineralized structures which
display two dominant orientations - steeply SW dipping and
moderately SE dipping, with the intersection of the two
representing a possible fault, and remains along strike and
down-dip.
- A video overview from management discussing these results and
preliminary interpretations can be found
at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZOYCxsUQbw
- Results from diamond drilling on the Betty and Ulli’s Ridge
Targets and other exploration activities will be forthcoming in due
course.
Figures accompanying this news release can be
found at:
https://whitegoldcorp.ca/investors/exploration-highlights/, and
assay results and drill hole collar details are summarized in
Tables 1 and 2 respectively.
“We are very pleased to have encountered
additional zones of significant gold mineralization and further
expand the large footprint of mineralization at the Ryan’s
Surprise, which remains open in multiple directions. These results
continue to demonstrate the expansiveness of gold mineralization in
the White Gold district and the potential for continuing to
increase our already significant defined resource base. The
continued exploration success increases our optimism for the
prospectively of our district scale land package and we are looking
forward to the results from the other high priority targets tested
this year,” stated David D’Onofrio, CEO.
Ryan’s Surprise Target
Gold mineralization was initially discovered at
Ryan’s Surprise by Kinross in 2011 with diamond drill hole
WGRS11D0003 returning 6.34 g/t Au over 6.56 m and 3.88 g/t Au over
3.00m. Subsequent drilling by the Company in 2018 through 2020
continued to encounter gold mineralization in multiple zones which
remain open along strike and down-dip with grades up to 20.67 g/t
over 6.10m. Diamond drilling in 2020 returned several high-grade
gold intercepts including 17.4 g/t Au over 3.47m in hole
WHTRS20D013, 10.96 g/t Au over 3.76m in hole WHTRS20D017, and 8.69
g/t Au over 12.3m in hole WHTRS20D018 (see Company News Release
dated Oct. 14, 2020).
The geology of the Ryan’s Surprise area consists
of two primary lithological packages, an upper hanging wall mafic
to ultramafic package comprising amphibolite and pyroxenite, and an
underlying metasedimentary sequence of metaquartzite,
biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss and minor biotite schist. The
contact between the two packages strikes northwest, is relatively
flat-lying, and appears to be a possible thrust fault.
2021 Diamond Drilling Program
The 2021 diamond drilling program comprised 8
holes totalling 2,651m (Figure 2) with hole lengths ranging from
197.0 to 452.0m, and was designed primarily to: 1) test the western
strike and down-dip extensions of high-grade gold mineralization
encountered in 2020 Ryan’s Surprise drilling (e.g. 10.96 g/t Au
over 3.76m in WHTRS20D017 and 8.69 g/t Au over 12.30m in
WHTRS20D018); and 2) test for near-surface mineralization at the
northernmost part of the Ulli’s Ridge target where 2020 GT Probe
sampling identified a zone with 6 samples (25m wide) averaging
2.119 g/t Au, including a maximum value of 8.516 g/t Au.
All holes except for WHTRS21D025 were drilled to
the north-northeast (020-025°) at dips of -50° to -55° (Table 2).
Hole WHTRS21D025 was drilled to the south-southwest (200°) at a dip
of -65° to test an alternate dip interpretation.
Results and Interpretation
Hole WHTRS21D019 was drilled to test the
interpreted down-dip extension of high-grade mineralization
encountered in 2020 drilling by approximately 65m. Unfortunately,
the hole deviated significantly to the east such that the pierce
point of the targeted mineralized zone was 50m further east than
originally planned. The hole intersected two separate mineralized
zones, an upper zone grading 1.57 g/t Au over 4.90m from 177.15m
(downhole), and a lower zone which returned 1.88 g/t Au over 15.00m
from 370.00m.
Three holes, WHTRS21D020, 021 and 022, were
drilled on the same cross section located 100m west of hole 019.
The northernmost of the 3 holes, WHTRS21D020 intersected two
primary mineralized zones, an upper zone that returned 3.66 g/t Au
over 6.00m from 78.00m and a broad lower zone which returned 1.66
g/t Au over 25.50m from 224.50m. WHTRS21D021 also intersected
multiple mineralized zones including 1.84 g/t Au over 6.50m from
68.50m, 3.35 g/t Au over 6.05m from 220.95m, 1.38 g/t Au over 7.78m
from 250.22m, and 2.14 g/t Au over 5.85m from 397.15m. WHTRS21D022,
the southernmost hole on the cross section, was drilled to test for
near-surface mineralization at the northmost part of the Ulli’s
Ridge target. The hole returned narrower zones of mineralization
including 0.73 g/t Au over 2.00m from 10.00m downhole and 1.97 g/t
Au over 0.50m from 191.00m.
Three holes, WHTRS21D024, 025 and 026 were
drilled on a cross section located approximately 65m further west.
The northernmost of the holes, WHTRS21D024 was drilled to test
directly beneath the strong GT probe anomaly identified in 2020
sampling (6 samples averaging 2.119 g/t Au). The hole did not
return any significant gold values in the upper part of the hole,
but did intersect multiple zones of gold (0.8-3.0 g/t) over widths
of 1.0-5.0m. WHTRS21D025 was drilled to the south-southwest (200°)
at a dip of -65° to test an alternate dip interpretation, but
intersected multiple zones of mineralization including 3.36 g/t Au
over 1.20m from 25.50m and 2.51 g/t Au 1.50m 166.00m. The
southernmost hole on the cross section, WHTRS21D026, again
intersected multiple zones of gold mineralization including 4.83
g/t Au over 2.00m from 85.00m, 10.36 g/t Au over 3.25m from
186.75m, 2.07 g/t Au over 3.40 g/t Au from 325.10m, and 2.09 g/t Au
over 5.05m from 379.00m.
Hole WHTRS21D023 was drilled 300m North of hole
WHTRS21D024 to test for a possible western strike extension of
hanging wall mineralization that was encountered in Kinross’ hole
WGRS11D00003 which returned two separate zones grading 6.34 g/t Au
over 6.56m from 159.44m and 3.88 g/t Au over 3.00m from 185.00m.
WHTRS21D023 intersected a zone grading 2.58 g/t Au over 6.65m from
91.35m, indicating that the mineralization extends a minimum of
100m further west along strike and remains open.
Ryan’s Surprise Target
Gold mineralization was initially discovered at
Ryan’s Surprise by Kinross in 2011 with diamond drill hole
WGRS11D0003 returning 6.34 g/t Au over 6.56 m and 3.88 g/t Au over
3.00m. Subsequent drilling by the Company in 2018 through 2020
continued to encounter gold mineralization in multiple zones which
remain open along strike and down-dip. Diamond drilling in 2020
returned several high-grade gold intercepts including 17.4 g/t Au
over 3.47 m in hole WHTRS20D013, 10.96 g/t Au over 3.76 m in hole
WHTRS20D017, and 8.69 g/t Au over 12.3 m in hole WHTRS20D018 (see
Company News Release dated Oct. 14, 2020).
The geology of the Ryan’s Surprise area consists
of two primary lithological packages, an upper hanging wall mafic
to ultramafic package comprising amphibolite and pyroxenite, and an
underlying metasedimentary sequence of metaquartzite,
biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss and minor biotite schist. The
contact between the two packages strikes northwest, is relatively
flat-lying, and appears to be a possible thrust fault.
At Ryan’s Surprise gold mineralization is
structurally controlled by brittle breccia and fracture zones with
minor late quartz veining predominantly in the metaquartzites. The
north-eastern region of Ryan’s Surprise (Figure 3) which was the
primary target of drilling in previous seasons appears to contain
multiple steeply southwest dipping gold zones with grades up to
20.67 g/t over 6.10m. To the southwest, results of the 2021
drilling suggest the mineralization occurs within more moderately
southeast dipping structures with grades up to 10.36 g/t over
3.25m. The intersection between these two zone orientations appears
to define the Ulli’s Central Fault which is interpreted to bisect
the target area. Three-dimensional geological modeling of the
mineralization (Figure 4) along with the surface soil geochemistry
suggests the Ryan’s Surprise zone remains open to the northwest,
southeast, and further at depth.
Table 1: Summary of 2021 Diamond Drilling Gold Assay
Results at the Ryan’s Surprise and Northernmost Part of the Ulli’s
Ridge Target.
Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (m)* |
Au (g/t) |
WHTRS21D019 |
177.15 |
182.05 |
4.90 |
1.57 |
|
370.00 |
385.00 |
15.00 |
1.88 |
Inc. |
372.70 |
383.30 |
10.60 |
2.44 |
Inc. |
372.70 |
375.00 |
2.30 |
4.83 |
WHTRS21D020 |
16.50 |
18.10 |
1.60 |
1.52 |
|
78.00 |
84.00 |
6.00 |
3.66 |
Inc. |
80.00 |
84.00 |
4.00 |
5.01 |
|
124.00 |
128.00 |
4.00 |
1.69 |
|
224.50 |
250.00 |
25.50 |
1.66 |
Inc. |
224.50 |
237.00 |
12.50 |
2.54 |
Inc. |
228.00 |
230.30 |
2.30 |
5.98 |
WHTRS21D021 |
68.50 |
75.00 |
6.50 |
1.84 |
Inc. |
69.90 |
73.00 |
3.10 |
3.32 |
|
112.00 |
113.00 |
1.00 |
1.18 |
|
131.00 |
141.00 |
10.00 |
0.72 |
Inc. |
132.00 |
133.00 |
1.00 |
3.01 |
|
152.00 |
156.00 |
4.00 |
1.01 |
Inc. |
152.00 |
153.00 |
1.00 |
3.29 |
|
170.00 |
171.18 |
1.18 |
2.29 |
|
205.00 |
211.00 |
6.00 |
0.92 |
|
220.95 |
227.00 |
6.05 |
3.35 |
Inc. |
223.00 |
225.00 |
2.00 |
5.36 |
|
250.22 |
258.00 |
7.78 |
1.38 |
Inc. |
250.22 |
253.00 |
2.78 |
2.99 |
|
397.15 |
403.00 |
5.85 |
2.14 |
Inc. |
397.15 |
401.00 |
3.85 |
3.13 |
WHTRS21D022 |
10.00 |
12.00 |
2.00 |
0.73 |
|
191.00 |
191.50 |
0.50 |
1.97 |
WHTRS21D023 |
91.35 |
98.00 |
6.65 |
2.58 |
Inc. |
91.35 |
94.00 |
2.65 |
4.94 |
WHTRS21D024 |
124.00 |
125.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
145.00 |
147.00 |
2.00 |
1.07 |
|
238.60 |
282.35 |
43.75 |
0.48 |
Inc. |
277.40 |
280.40 |
3.00 |
2.23 |
|
320.00 |
321.00 |
1.00 |
2.88 |
WHTRS21D025 |
25.50 |
26.70 |
1.20 |
3.36 |
|
166.00 |
167.50 |
1.50 |
2.51 |
WHTRS21D026 |
85.00 |
87.00 |
2.00 |
4.83 |
|
186.75 |
190.00 |
3.25 |
10.36 |
|
325.10 |
328.50 |
3.40 |
2.07 |
|
379.00 |
384.05 |
5.05 |
2.09 |
*Note: All drill hole intercepts reported herein
are core lengths. Currently there is insufficient data to estimate
true thicknesses.
Ulli’s Ridge Target
The Ulli’s Ridge target area is located
immediately south of Ryan’s Surprise and is characterized by a
large northwest-southeast trending coincident gold and arsenic soil
anomaly measuring some 1,500m long by 600m wide with gold values up
to 1,585 ppb Au and arsenic values up to 2,484 ppm As. Trenching
and drilling at Ulli’s Ridge prior to 2021 had encountered
significant gold mineralization including 1.38 g/t Au over 20m in
trench WGUR12TR01, 2.58 g/t Au over 3.05m and 6.27 g/t Au over
1.52m in hole WHTULR17RC-001, 9.70 g/t Au over 1.52m in hole
WHTULR17RC-002, and 1.40 g/t Au over 7.62m in hole WHTULR19RAB-001.
As reported in the Company’s new release dated November 01, 2021,
rotary air blast (RAB) drilling at Ulli’s Ridge this season
intersected significant gold mineralization over a 500m strike
length including 4.67 g/t Au over 6.10m in hole WHTULR21RAB006,
1.35 g/t Au over 21.33m in WHTULR21RAB005, and 4.43 g/t Au over
1.52m, 1.53 g/t Au over 4.57m & 2.26 g/t Au over 9.14m in
WHTULR21RAB009. These encouraging RAB drilling results were
followed up with diamond drilling late in the season and assay
results will be released once received.
Table 2. Collar Details for 2021 Diamond
Drill Holes at the Ryan’s Surprise and Northernmost Part of the
Ulli’s Ridge Target.
Hole ID |
Collar Location (UTM NAD83, Zone
7) |
|
|
Dip |
Azimuth |
Length |
|
Easting (m) |
Northing (m) |
Elevation (m) |
(deg) |
(deg) |
(m) |
WHTRS21D019 |
574,098 |
7,004,310 |
656 |
-55 |
25 |
422.0 |
WHTRS21D020 |
574,061 |
7,004,453 |
712 |
-55 |
20 |
303.0 |
WHTRS21D021 |
574,011 |
7,004,317 |
649 |
-55 |
20 |
452.0 |
WHTRS21D022 |
573,982 |
7,004,254 |
628 |
-55 |
20 |
285.0 |
WHTRS21D023 |
574,024 |
7,004,689 |
793 |
-55 |
20 |
197.0 |
WHTRS21D024 |
573,972 |
7,004,402 |
692 |
-55 |
20 |
363.0 |
WHTRS21D025 |
574,005 |
7,004,485 |
727 |
-65 |
200 |
244.0 |
WHTRS21D026 |
573,928 |
7,004,296 |
672 |
-50 |
20 |
385.0 |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
|
2,651.0 |
QA/QCAnalytical work for the
2021 diamond drilling program was performed by ALS Canada Ltd., an
internationally recognized analytical services provider, at its
North Vancouver, British Columbia laboratory. Sample
preparation was carried out at its Whitehorse, Yukon facility. All
diamond drill core samples were prepared using procedure PREP-31H
(crush 70% less than 2mm, riffle split off 500g, pulverize split to
better than 85% passing 75 microns) and analyzed by method Au-AA23
(30g fire assay with AAS finish) and ME-ICP41 (0.5g, aqua regia
digestion and ICP-AES analysis). Samples containing >10 g/t Au
were reanalyzed using method Au-GRAV21 (30g Fire Assay with
gravimetric finish).
The reported work was completed using industry
standard procedures, including a quality assurance/quality control
(“QA/QC”) program consisting of the insertion of certified
standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream.
About White Gold Corp.The
Company owns a portfolio of 21,111 quartz claims across 31
properties covering over 420,000 hectares representing over 40% of
the Yukon’s emerging White Gold District. The Company’s flagship
White Gold property hosts the Company’s Golden Saddle and Arc
deposits which have a mineral resource of 1,139,900 ounces
Indicated at 2.28 g/t Au and 402,100 ounces Inferred at 1.39 g/t
Au(1). Mineralization on the Golden Saddle and Arc is also known to
extend beyond the limits of the current resource estimate. The
Company’s recently acquired VG Deposit also hosts a historic
Inferred gold resource of 230,000 ounces at 1.65 g/t Au(2).
Regional exploration work has also produced several other new
discoveries and prospective targets on the Company’s claim packages
which border sizable gold discoveries including the Coffee project
owned by Newmont Corporation with Measured and Indicated Resources
of 2.17 Moz at 1.46 g/t Au, and Inferred Resources of 0.50 Moz at
1.32 g/t Au(3), and Western Copper and Gold Corporation’s Casino
project which has Measured and Indicated Resources of 14.5 Moz Au
and 7.6 Blb Cu and Inferred Resources of 6.6 Moz Au and 3.3 Blb
Cu(4). For more information visit www.whitegoldcorp.ca.
(1) See White Gold Corp. technical report titled
“Technical Report for the White Gold Project, Dawson Range, Yukon
Canada”, dated July 10, 2020, prepared by Dr. Gilles Arseneau,
P.Geo., and Andrew Hamilton, P.Geo., available on SEDAR.(2) See
Comstock Metals Ltd. technical report titled “NI 43-101 TECHNICAL
REPORT on the QV PROJECT”, dated August 19, 2014, prepared by Jean
Pautler, P.Geo., and Ali Shahkar, P.Eng., available on SEDAR.(3)
See Newmont Corporation press release titled “Newmont Reports 2019
Gold Mineral Reserves of 100 Million Ounces, Largest in Company
History”, dated February 13, 2020, available on SEDAR.(4) See
Western Copper and Gold Corporation press release titled “Western
Copper and Gold Announces Significant Resource Increase at Casino”,
dated July 14, 2020, available on SEDAR.
Qualified Person Terry Brace,
P.Geo. and Vice President of Exploration for the Company is a
“qualified person” as defined under National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects and has reviewed and
approved the content of this news release.
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developed into producing mines; geological factors; actual results
of current and future exploration; changes in project parameters as
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likelihood of a mineral deposit; title to properties; ongoing
uncertainties relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; and those factors
described under the heading "Risks Factors" in the Company's annual
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Contact Information:David
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